Security Bulletin
Summary
There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ Version,
JRE71SR4FP15, JRE8SR5FP5, JRE8SR5FP20 and JRE8SR5FP25 used by Collaboration and Deployment Services. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in April 2019 and January 2019.
Vulnerability Details
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Java SE Libraries component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial of service resulting in a high availability impact using unknown attack vectors.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/159698 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2019-2684
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Java SE RMI component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause no confidentiality impact, high integrity impact, and no availability impact.
CVSS Base Score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/159776 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2018-1890
DESCRIPTION: IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition Version 8 on the AIX platform uses absolute RPATHs which may facilitate code injection and privilege elevation by local users.
CVSS Base Score: 5.6
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/152081 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L)
Affected Products and Versions
Remediation/Fixes
|
Product |
VRMF | APAR | Remediation/First Fix |
| SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services | 7.0.0.1 | PH13957 | 7.0.0.1 |
| SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services | 8.0.0.0 | PH13957 | 8.0.0.0 |
| SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services | 8.1.0.0 | PH13957 | 8.1.0.0 |
| SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services | 8.1.1.0 | PH13957 | 8.1.1.0 |
| SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services | 8.2.0.0 | PH13957 | 8.2.0.0 |
| SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services | 8.2.1.0 | PH13957 | 8.2.1.0 |
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*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.
Disclaimer
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Workarounds and Mitigations
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References
*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.
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Document Information
Modified date:
28 June 2019
UID
ibm10888349